Building a Pond Irrigation Pump to water the garden and lower our water bill.

[@crookedrowfarm6100]

You should see a big difference in the health of the garden plants using the pond water verses municipal water.

[@patdoka5716]

Love to watch you. You have a lot of skills. They make a thing called a funnel!!! Just had to tease you a little!! Keep the videos coming.

[@sroberts605]

Funny to think of all of us shouting at the screen "funnel"!!

[@libsrdum]

Just don't put any chemicals in the pond to kill weeds. A friend of mine killed his whole garden.

[@Isaacmantx]

Sterile grass carp are cheaper and don’t risk an oxygen kill. Also, Tilapia do a decent job eating algae while providing an additional food source. Unless you are VERY far south, they don’t pose an invasive threat.

[@TinMan445]

That friend isn’t too bright😂

[@richardgrosskopf7557]

You could take some pool noodles tie together in a circle so it would keep the duck weed away from the bucket.

[@lewie7678]

Evan & Rebecca, An idea to pass by you to keep the duck weed away from the pond water pump. If you took several long pool noodles and joined them together in say a 3 or 4 foot circle. Then, with stiff attachments, fix rigid wire or some other material, at say the North, south, east, and west attach these wires to both the noodles and the bucket. I believe it would prevent the duck weed from accessing the pump suction.

[@punksjutgbd]

Kindred souls we are. Love these videos.

[@sandypratt8951]

❤️👍👍👍you are so smart.

[@robfl07]

The channel “the veggie boys” use a stream to irrigate their vegetable fields.. They use a big round sand filter from a pool to clean the water … other than being heavy it seems to work pretty well for them.

[@georgesg10]

Glue a fitting on a funnel Screw it on the valve fill it with water and add more water as needed to prime the pump , the pumt will prime itself quickly then close the valve

[@roberthuckeby2825]

hey, good job. It works. Of course some here will have all kinds of 'better' ideas, but this works and it is a relatively easy solution. I like it. Can't wait for the next video to see what else it is capable of doing!!!

[@sroberts605]

Yes, all the comments are very interesting, but I like the simplicity too. Time will, of course, have the final say?

[@joerodrigues3816]

You are a very clever man love watching you work it really Amazes me how you do all of these things that you do and your wife to love it

[@davem3325]

I wish i had a pond! so peaceful!

[@LVFFarmVlogs]

I have a similar set up. I use a 1 gallon plastic jug and a short chain hooked to my suction hose. Hose stays about a foot under waters surface and up off the pond floor. No duck weed, no sand!

[@Bigtoolrack]

Yeah that pump seems to have not problem at all bringing pressure to the garden, great video!

[@knolltop314]

Might be your most interesting/enjoyable video. Congrats!

[@drk218]

Thats going to be cool. Make use of the pond water for sure. Hope the pump stays good and clear of muck and stuff. Hopefully the filter system will work great.

[@davidzemke2549]

Thank you. It may be intresting to understand the Psi.. you may think about having two filters to be able to clean one while running the system.

[@gauthy]

Great idea!

[@joannak4640]

Oh, man...I can't wait to see if it works on the old well!!! 😂 This is all very cool and I am happy you thought of it 👍

[@mrxyooj]

That is nice! Ty for sharing. I have a few acres of farmland that does not have a well and after searching YT I think this is what I will need.

[@elainedegoede6276]

Well done❤

[@tommychew6544]

Man, I would attach 1/8 hardware at the very least to cover any hole going into that bucket. It doesn't take much to make the pump stop working overtime, and it can overheat and burnout. I did something similar once, you have to keep up with what is going into the bucket very regularly and the screens on the outside. Just a short weather event can make conditions change very quickly. Goodluck.

[@yas4435]

Oh yes this kind of water attracts all kinds of strange things and putting a hardware cloth or some thing on those bigger holes on the bucket is very highly advisable you’ll be glad you did. If the weather gets very dicey you’ll be regretting yourself for sure.

[@northernmnmike2508]

Literally finally proved my system out last week... Filled my 5 gallon pail full to the top with Pee Rock... primed.... put an inline sediment filter on... worked awesome. I put a lid on my bucket also... just incase the river pushed my bucket over.

[@jerrystout3032]

Great 👍job Evan!!

[@Dan-qy1rg]

I'm very impressed with your can do attitude, like seeing that mentality in folks. I think that is a great idea, we have the same situation with lack of rain here, unfortunately we don't have a pond with water. We lost our pond bank a few years back and just haven't been able to get it repaired. Good luck with the rest of it, I enjoy watching you do these projects. Thanks and have a nice day!

[@sroberts605]

What happened? Literally erosion, or some event? Sorry to hear it.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

@@sroberts605 Erosion from cattle

[@eduardfrazao3506]

Well informed good job

[@casid9929]

Maybe a funnel would help. LOVE the build. You remind me of my Dad. He could build anything, really miss him.

[@russellwall1964]

Looking forward to seeing part 2 and how that works out! Hopefully it does even better than expected.

[@tonyelder]

I second that request. I would love to see if your solar generator did all you were hoping that it would. Update soon?

[@thomasgreene5750]

For routine, repeated irrigation, such as the garden, you may want to install a centrifugal pump in a small pump house with a pressurised delivery tank. The pump can be operated automatically using a pressure switch. That way, all you need to do is go out and turn on the sprinklers to get water, which ought to save you alot of time. If you use a centrifugal pump, it will not be very sensitive to small debris, and you need only put a filter on lines to debris-sensitive end uses. You will need to remember to drain the pump and pull the suction line out of the pond in the fall before the first hard freeze.

[@littlemogocreek]

Add a timer between the pump and the power source and you could automate the whole process. ;-)

[@LFfire1597]

You can close the valve down at the pump to help reduce the pressure going out to the sprinklers

[@dennisbecher4557]

Is it possible you could mention the brand of pre-pump filter you added to prevent crud entering the pump? I have been looking for one but most are much smaller than yours... Could you let us know the brand and maybe where you purchased it. Thank you!

[@judypell6701]

Can you feed the duck weed to the pigs? Kevin from Hidden heights farm channel does this. He said it's high protein.❤

[@athenarocar]

A trash pump and a 2000 gallon water storage tank would be a better option. Put the tank on a high enough elevation and it gravity feeds water. You can filter the water as it goes into the tank. It would also reduce the need to have a pump running to water the garden continuously for hours each day vs once a week. Also reduces the chances of destroying a sensitive pump like a sprinkler pump... Plus every time you start that pump you will need to prime it...

[@dickdavidson3616]

Agree but don’t think he has 30m or 100ft in elevation for good water pressure.

[@Corvid-]

Your better option is to build a water tower?

[@bonniehollingsworth1996]

Lid on the bucket?

[@BS.-.-]

Look at that guys land..its all flat and a 2000gal tank runs about $1 a gallon so you would be spending 5x for the same water.

[@terrycastor8299]

For what Evan is trying to do, this option looks pretty solid, especially with his solar power supplying the electricity. Longevity of this pump may become a factor.

[@MichaelJones1527]

I have a similar situation and I'm using a 3 hp running on 220. It works well on our irrigation. You may find out that you need more horsepower to get the correct lift from the pond.

[@DEJones71]

I think you need a booster pump pumping water to a tank which is pressureized

[@LFfire1597]

Make a small skid mount system. Kinda like what is used in the fire service

[@valeriedevereux5912]

Love your videos. You are definitely one smart guy.

[@miguelavelasquez8056]

Pump works good that's pretty smart thing to do Evan to save water hope it goes well for you thank you for sharing

[@HienTran-gl9bx]

i like the bucket and homemade fillter

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hi wondering why you dont run a under ground pipe to the barn for your barn supply for all your animals? Have a great day.

[@EC4400]

Irrigation system. Nice pump. Genius, Evan! All the aqua nutrients, who needs fish emollient,

[@loganh6736]

Great idea use some 3/4 in. PVC tubing and a trencher to get water though out your property. We did it for the family’s cabin / homestead for the garden and for fire protection in the summertime for over 30 years but we use a gas driven pump we have sprinkler sit about 12 feet off the ground for good coverage. If you’re confused on cabin / homestead use kids call it a cabin but me grandpa homesteaded it in 1912 and always had family living on it

[@jason27swg]

Evan, If you find this works for you consider putting a top on the bucket so if it does tip duck weed can't get the line. I have a set up that waters my garden and pasture as well. I buried pvc from the pump to several locations that I want to water and hook a hose reel up to the end of the pvc. I can water using 5 heads. Granted my pump is a bit larger and is mounted on a platform about 3 feet out in thr pond about 6 inches above the water level and the inlet is 1.5 feet deep. I use a sprinkler on wheels that I got at northern tool that throws the water in an 110 foot circle

[@johnkeyes630]

Evan.....nice work !!!...Very impressive.....

[@jjj32801]

Irrigating with lake water for 26 years. You need a screen on your intake and keep in the shade (or under a structure) to avoid buildup on intake. Clean it as needed.

[@michaelgardner800]

Even, You have a good thing going, but first off, I think you should have cleaned the stones before putting them in the bucket, I believe that is where you got the debris from that was on the filter screen. Second put some screen wire on those big holes you put in the bucket, this will help to keep the duck weed out. Third, put some clean bigger rocks in the bucket around your homemade screen, that will also help to keep most if not all the debris out and will not reduce you water intake, oh and put a lid back on the bucket. This is only my opinion!

[@janicecancilla913]

This is so exciting!!! What a cliff hanger!!⭐️

[@teenagefarmer]

That's awesome. Glad it seems to be working. Looks like it will be very useful. Keep up the good work

[@gauthy]

I finished building my irrigation system following exactly your instructions (I figured the parts myself) and it works! It took me a while to prime the pump like you reported but now it works perfectly. Also using 5/32” tiny holes, in order to get the same surface area as an open 2” pipe you would only need 150 holes. I drilled 300 just in case some would get clogged and it works perfectly. I am able to run 3 sprinkler heads with this set up. Haven’t tried 4 yet. I bought the pump and the filter on Amazon, the rest I found at Lowe’s. Pump: Acquaer 1HP portable shallow well pump 998GPH, 115V. Filter: SAFBY female NPT in-line strainer with stainless steel filter screen (1 inch 40 mesh)

[@BarnesysBuilds]

Nice work, an additional pressure shutoff valve would be advantageous so you don't blow any hoses out. You can get mechanical pressure circuit breaker valves that are great for remote pumps where power is an issue. Even though its near the house a couple of 250watt solar panels and a mechanical pressure switch would send water up automatically. cheers

[@douglasgatian1401]

I think the garden is all set!! Nice job

[@t-dog8528]

Put a weight on the strainer and let it hang from a float to capture mid level water, a rope to the other side of pond will secure it's position above the deepest part or "sump" of pond, nice little build

[@AfterTheRains]

Love your innovations Evan. You had all your ducks in a row except perhaps a simple funnel might have helped to fill the priming section. 😅 I watched another channel use solar power for their air filters to clean the pond. It looks to be pretty clear now.

[@michellegerrard6623]

Such a good solution 👍

[@tvcat3665]

What a Rube Goldberg device you conjured up! 😀I let out a cheer when it started and finally pumped out a nice spray of water. I'm surprised you get a water bill. I like this experiment!

[@ronaldlee2376]

By now, there should be a strong indication the White Triploid Amur fish are consuming Duck weed/Algae. For a treat, when cutting grass next to pond, direct mower discharge chute at the water. Amur will love it. I do this every time i cut grass & Amur swim swiftly to the clippings to slurp it off the surface. Agree, pond water will provide nutrients to your veg. garden.

[@yas4435]

I know it’s a chore but you’re gonna have to clean out that small filter like once a week or more depending on how many hours you’re running the system. This was a chore I had to do for my aquarium set ups which was huge and it got tiring after a few months doing it so just so you know maintenance of the sprinkler heads maintenance of the InTEXT system the maintenance of the filtration system you’ve got is gonna take a few hours a week to maintain just so you’re not surprised I was when I did it!!!!!

[@paulsackett3485]

Great idea. Most of the old farm ponds were built for irrigation and watering livestock. I would recommend suspending your pick up bucket about 4’ from the surface. Find an old 55 gallon plastic barrel to use as a float. We watered hundreds of head of cattle with that exact set up and rarely had an issue. It will get your pickup below the duckweed and into some cleaner water

[@cindybowman9972]

Cool Beans! Very informative and successful .

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing Evan, looks like you made a great choice on the garden watering system. Sure hope you can do good on the old well. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. OLD DAWG DREAMING Fred.

[@evil17]

Good job & vid mate, I like what you have done. I would suggest you consider maybe putting a firm fitting tyre tube around the top of the bucket and pump it up so it fits tight & helps float ur whole filter bucket system so if you get a flood the bucket can go up & down with the change of water height & not take in any floating debris.

[@twisterdude100]

i bet that pond water will be almost like fertilizer! i watered my seed starts this year with collected rain water and had the best seed starts iv'e ever had!

[@ryanpaul5604]

I'm not sure if this was on the list at the beginning of the year 😂😂👍🏼

[@robertlam-qd1xb]

If you put a foot valve on the end of the pipe on a 90degree elbow it will act as a check valve too. It will fill up quickly and you wont lose the prime. Great job

[@mitchellgourley4642]

Great job may God be with you

[@jakeschisler7525]

The first house we moved to in Florida there was a pond out back and several houses used the pond water to irrigate. Of course my house didn't have this so i used a submersible pump and it worked great for awhile, till the junk in the pond ruined it.

[@missouritraveler6401]

You did an amazing job with all the filters and shut off valves-My hat is off to You on how to make the pump work effectively. Use a funnel to add water to prime the pump.

[@georgemoomaw2244]

Brilliantly thought out design. If you had done this in Michigan, we have a thing called a funnel. that's F-U-N-N-E-L. Most are under 2 bucks. I would be happy to sent one to you. 🙂

[@terrycastor8299]

If the solar power works, you might consider mounting the whole set up on a cart or small trailer to make it really portable?

[@outdoorstudios2022]

Hello CVA, thanks for sharing

[@sandratalbert9578]

Wow… that is quite a system. Seems simple but evident that lots of thoughts went into it. Fascinating! Kudos!!! What a great use if the pond water. Must be a relief to be able to water the garden without knowing you aren’t increasing your water bill.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Evan thanks you for showing your video homestead bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@bay9876]

You need water for a farm. Maybe a shallow well setup would have water on demand and pipe the water around to frost free hose bib.

[@doncc6080]

COOL as in water!!!!

[@KeshaunJoseph-c7x]

Hello - Do you have the part list of the items that you used in the video? Specifically the filter and the pump? Sorry if I missed it.

[@sroberts605]

I love it! Love the simplicity, the visual checks, the versatility. Not surprised you stopped at the 1000th drill :)

[@deepsolstice]

Great video! Do you have a build list of all the items you bought to make this? We live on a canal and want this for our yard and raised bed garden

[@CountryViewAcres]

Sorry, I don't.

[@lanejohnston5484]

Very helpful! (attempting to duplicate and almost identical application). Thank you.

[@22gonefishing]

Looks like a good setup with plenty of water pressure to water your garden or whatever you need and save you money on the water bill. Just from what I seen, Do you need more weight in the bucket, looked like it could tip over if it got windy or bumped? You could put a sock/nylons or some other filter on the inlet pipe if you need to filter the water a little better.

[@CountryViewAcres]

I put gravel in the bottom of the bucket to weigh it down

[@thematthatter1]

old topload washing machine basins make great pre filters....float em on a pool noodle...another florida cracker trick.....make good shallow water live bait wells as well.

[@ryanpaulsen5603]

Get a wifi outlet where the pump plugs in, and you can program timers on and off, and completely automate your watering

[@thomasgreene5750]

What we have used at the lake for decades is a broad-based tripod that sets on the bottom with the intake mounted at the apex. For priming, you also want a riser on the intake side of the pump with a valve and a sealable cap. When priming, fill the intake and the pump casing with water and put a large funnel on the intake riser. Keep the funnel full of water while operating the pump to establish prime. It should take prime on the first try. Once the pump is working, close the valve on the intake riser and install the top cap with teflon tape to assure a tight seal and prevent air from being drawn into the suction over time.

[@brucemoore2163]

I had the same setup. Needed 2 sprinklers at the same time, just too much pressure. Pump lasted 4 years before replacing parts.

[@thetownchurch]

You made a great video capturing the critical elements to the system as well as you trouble shooting it. I appreciate your video! I am looking into creating a decorative water channel and was doing research how to pump from the bottom of the channel back to the top. I imagine something like this would be quite effective. Thank you!

[@charlesletterman6245]

My first thoughts on the perforated Inlet that's in the bucket is that is going to restrict the flow to your pump possibly.

[@kennethconaway3501]

I would try an electric timer for the pump so you can program a specific time for it to come on and shut down. I use the battery operated timers for several ares of flowers and garden that my in ground irrigation system doesn’t cover. I have one flower bed with several day lily varieties that I have programmed a sprinkler to turn on every three days. Mine are attached to my rural water.

[@thematthatter1]

id also wrap a mesh laundry bag around bucket and fill rest with rock/media/green spongy filter media etc. stuff builds up quick. i use prefilters in my rainbarrels that run through fine screen prior to entering, and similar filter on outflow to reduce clogging in sprinklers....still gotta maintain clean screens....probably much worse here in florida. intake shaded good idea as well....algae loves to grow n clog stuff....i wrapped my outtake screen filter housing in tinfoil to keep light out as well..

[@thematthatter1]

apologies ...your filter housing not translucent...i like what your doing...i was raised in north, been watching videos for a while....sorry to hear about all your fish..

[@partsdave8943]

If you could construct the equivalent of a cyclonic separation like in a woodworking dust collection for a shop vacuum, then you’d probably see less accumulation in the filter screen. I’m thinking something like water enters from side of a 5 gallon bucket about the middle, and enters at an angle to spin the debris down a small vortex, and clean water exits closer to the top. Obviously the input should be water tight.

[@danwilkening888]

Great job!!!!

[@Tonetwisters]

Funnel. We had a storm down here in northeast Florida two days ago, that was a mini-hurricane for an hour, with winds that must have been hitting 50-70 mph and rain blowing sideways.

[@jg8644]

Great episode!

[@fmcb269]

One day someone is going to invent the funnel, and priming pumps will get a whole lot easier!

[@cathiwim]

I would put a leg of knee high hose on the pond end, to keep small stuff from getting to the strainer

[@slongholio]

looking for a ram pump system if you want to make a video on it :_) Wouldn't do the sprinlers unlest you pumped it up high enough to get some pressure on it though.

[@codycopeland7527]

I have some experience with a very similar setup at my fathers place. On the gardne house end of things, pay close attention to the ordice size of any spickets, valves, splitters ect that you may add. We replaced all the traditional spickets with full port ball valves and all the splitters with full port splitters. This allowed us to run 8 sprinklers with better pressure at each then we previously were getting with 6. Also, id highly recommended heading over to irrigation king webiste and checking out there 1-1/2" rain gun. Yes it is exspensive but we have one at our farm for watering the outdoor areana and its amazing. It shoots about 85' and drops around 25-30 gpm. I bought 100' runs of 1-1/2" blue discharge hose of amazon with pre installed camlock fitting for $60. It runs straight off from a 1-1/2" pvc line coming off from a well a pump thats on a vfd. (Same pump runs water for the greenhouses and horse barn)

[@billybike57]

You got top flight problem solving skills. 👍🏼

[@terrypirius2814]

I bought300 foot sections of in inch plastic piping, put a few thousand feet of it in a three acre site we had in western wis

[@gerardcudmore1556]

You could fill the pail with small rocks and they would also help to filter out weeds and sand before they get to your pipe . Also could wrap your pipe with a mesh screen. Great video as always. great idea and set up.

[@JoeFaries]

Super awesome. I would like to do the same with the mill pond along my property to irrigate part of my garden. In the summer, the bottom is carpetted by hydrilla but I can keep an area around the pump clear. Can you provide the material list?

[@joeldcoxks]

Something to consider for garden irrigation, is drip irrigation. Could be drip tape, single drip emitters or anything of the like. You end up wasting a lot less water because you're putting it right into the ground, versus on top and battling evaporation. Especially with how you're running the garden fabric, you could easily lay the tape under the ground where you plant.

[@mattbuser4176]

Very informative, thank you. Im hoping i can do something similar at some point, but currently my pond is bone dry due to drought. I need a solution soon. Everything is dying.

[@sroberts605]

Oh lord, awful situation. Hope you get rain soon.

[@frrapp2366]

if you are concerned about pugging up the filter wrap some window screen around the bucket to cover the holes and keep out more scum . good luck!!!!